KPAI Checks News Of Candidates For Student Council Chairperson Of SMAN 6 Depok Resigns Due To Discrimination

Illustration (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - News has circulated that a candidate for OSIS Chairman of SMA Negeri 6 Depok with the initials EC resigned from his position due to allegations of discrimination due to being non-Muslim.

This incident was revealed via the Twitter account @ Donny5cm. There is a screenshot of a WhatsApp message stating that the EC gets the most votes from students, so that it will win the election for the student council president.

However, there were some elements from the school who were said not to accept them until they held a re-election because EC is a non-Muslim.

"Wow ... How come? It's sad to read. Living in Indonesian education ?!" wrote the Twitter account @ Donny5cm on Thursday, November 12.

Wow .... How come? Sad to read. Live Indonesian education ?! pic.twitter.com/pZp500klJ7

- Donny Dhirgantoro (@ Donny5cm) November 12, 2020

Responding to this, the Commissioner for the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) for Education, Retno Listyarti, just got to know the news. He will check the case at the KPAI complaint service.

"I just found out. In a moment, I'll check on social media and the KPAI complaint first," said Retno when confirmed by VOI.

While checking with the complaint service, Retno confirmed that her party would ask for an explanation from SMA Negeri 6 Depok to find out the truth of this case.

"We'll check the truth first. Usually the KPAI will ask for clarification from the school," he continued.

For information, cases of discrimination against students have occurred before at SMA Negeri 58 Jakarta. a screenshot in the WhatsApp application containing the tone of SARA circulating on social media.

In a group called "Rohis 58", a religion teacher at SMA Negeri 58, Ciracas, East Jakarta, intervened in the choice of students for the student council president candidate.

In the conversation, Tini Suharyati asked the students who are members of the WhatsApp Rohis 58 group not to choose candidates for Student Council Head of SMA Negeri 58 with serial numbers 1 and 2 because of their different beliefs.